Congress claims victory after India decides not to join RCEP, forceful opposition ensured BJP govt backs out, says Randeep Singh Surjewala

With India deciding not to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the Congress on Monday claimed victory saying its forceful opposition has ensured that the BJP government backs out from bartering the interests of farmers, dairy producers, fishermen and small and medium businessmen New Delhi: With India deciding not to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the Congress on Monday claimed victory saying its forceful opposition has ensured that the BJP government backs out from bartering the interests of farmers, dairy producers, fishermen and small and medium businessmen. A forceful opposition by @INCIndia & @RahulGandhi ensures that BJP Govt backs down from bartering the interests of farmers, dairy producers, fishermen, small & medium businesses at the altar of political expediency A victory for all fighting for protecting national interests 1/2 https://t.co/gvahEUAPQ8 — Randeep Singh Surjewala November 4, 2019 He said with “rampant unemployment, a sinking economy and deep agrarian crisis emanating from utter mismanagement of economy by BJP Government”, signing RCEP would have been catastrophic. https://t.co/gvahEUAPQ8 — Randeep Singh Surjewala November 4, 2019 “India’s farmers and MSME’s had genuine unaddressed concerns about – Circumvention of Rules of Origin to dump Chinese goods; Absence of safeguards to prevent against import surges at the cost of domestic industry; No assurance on market access for service and IT industry,” he also said. https://t.co/gvahEUAPQ8 — Randeep Singh Surjewala November 4, 2019 India on Monday decided not to join the mega Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership deal as negotiations failed to address New Delhi’s concerns, government sources said.